There was plenty of singing, cheering, and celebration
of all things creative when the Bloom Collective was
officially launched in Newtown on Saturday.
The afternoon party saw a hive of activity at the collective’s home on the corner of Rintoul and Colombo
streets. Its main performance area was packed to see
several local acts take to the stage while other activities
took place in the building’s art and music studios.
Speaking at the launch, Ray Tuffin, who until recently
was the council’s Community Liaison Officer for Newtown, says the Bloom Collective is the outcome of a
need for such a centre after many recent changes that
have been happening in the suburb.
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“In about two years we’ve had
the WINZ office in Kilbirnie
close, which brought a lot of
people into Newtown who
don’t reside here; after the
earthquake we’ve had southern mental health move into
Newtown from Kilbirnie; the
addictions unit from Thorndon
moved to Newtown, then we
got the $19 million Salvation
Army hub which has the addictions programme and drop-in
centre.
“So there’s a lot of extra people on the streets in Newtown.
Some of those people weren’t
well and were isolated.
“One of the dreams we had
was a place where we could create music, arts and crafts, and
people could come here and be
stimulated, be well. Bloom is
really a wellness centre.
“It’s not just for those who are
unwell but for those who are
isolated.”
The rent-free space is only
temporary until the building
owners plan to convert it to
apartments but Ray hopes
Bloom will be such a success
that another space will be found
for it in the future.

One of its operators is Geoff
Day who runs The Rock Academy’s Band School for children.
“Trying to operate a small
business as a music teacher is
incredibly hard so support is
very much appreciated,” Geoff
says.
“If you are a teacher you have
13 weeks of school holidays
where it is hard to continue your
income outside of the term so
it’s a challenge.
“When Ray told me of his
vision of the Bloom Collective,
I was blown away.
“The Band School had been
run out of my house. Now we
can have more bands, with the
capacity to run eight a week.”
The new premises, along with
donations from the City Mission, have also allowed Geoff
to set up a new community
recording studio called Frequency Zero, in collaboration
with Jonny Avery.
“There will be some free sessions for kids, local artists and
those with mental health issues.
For others it will be cheaper
than what you would pay at
other studios.”
Bloom Collective co-ordinator
Tim Tovey says it intends to

The Maori Language Commission and the Department
of Conservation have come
together to produce a learning
resource ‘Kia Kaha te Reo
Taiao’ in celebration of Maori
Language Week 2018.
This is the first partnership
of its kind between the two
Crown agencies, who made the
decision to collaborate when
an overlap in their two flagship
campaigns was identified.

Included in the booklet is information about pronunciation,
everyday phrases and species
names in te reo Maori. It also
covers astronomy, freshwater,
marine, flora, fauna, and outdoor safety.
DOC’s Strategic Partnerships
Director Joe Harawira says
working together makes sense.
“Te reo Maori is the foundation of Te Ao Maori, and the
Department of Conservation

recognises the notion of kaitiakitanga as crucial to the
giving of voice to nature and to
the natural world: te ao turoa.”
“The vulnerability of both
te reo Maori and the voices
of the environment draws
an important parallel to our
commitment to work together
on this.”
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has four themes: Flora, Fauna,
Marine and Freshwater, which
are the four main themes of
the ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Taiao’
learning resource.
A free ‘Kia Kaha te Reo
Taiao’ booklet can be picked
up at any DOC visitor centre
or by downloading one from
the DOC website.

Thursday September 13, 2018

Former PM fears for future
generations
By Jamie Adams

“My generation has failed
you.”
That was the stark summary
expressed by former Prime
Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer
during a talk to Wellington
High School students on Monday about the environmental
problems the world now faced.
His visit was one of several
facilitated by Gwen Palmer-Steeds, a WHS representative of international youth-led
action programme Roots and
Shoots.
She and other members organised the series of speaking
engagements for a Zero Waste
Awareness Week held at the
school from September 10 to 14.
Gwen invited her grandfather,
who was also an Environment
Minister during the Fourth
Labour Government, to speak
to students about just how dire
the climate-change situation
has become.
“This is the age of Anthropocene – we are the main enemies
of the planet,” Sir Geoffrey told
them.
“Climate change amounts
to the four horsemen of the
apocalypse.
“We are going to have extreme weather events and we
will need to be able to deal with
it. The sea level will rise by one
metre by the end of this century.
We are doing virtually nothing
about that.”
In New Zealand the big issue
was our lack of an effective
method in disposing of waste,
he said.
“Our tyres that are no longer
useful, there’s an enormous
accumulation of them in New
Zealand.
“My grandchildren are spending their weekends on beaches
trying to pick up plastic.
“In the Pacific we have a

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GW CEO to take over
bus transition
Greater Wellington chief executive Greg
Campbell is stepping in to take direct
leadership of the implementation of the
new Wellington bus network for the next
three months.
He will work alongside the General Manager for Public Transport Wayne Hastie.
Greg says his assumption of direct
responsibility for the bus transition
programme reflects the importance the
council places on getting it right.
“While it has been a difficult process on
some routes, we will solve the problems. “
The council’s General Manager, Environment Management, Nigel Corry will
take up the role of Deputy CEO while
Greg leads the bus transition programme.

Council grants
$368,000 for projects
Wellington City Council’s grants subcommittee has approved of $368,826
to 66 projects and organisations it says
reflects the diversity of the capital.
Two grants allocated $45,000 each for
organisations providing emergency accommodation for women: the Wellington
Homeless Women’s Trust and Wellington
Women’s House – both of which provide
low-cost accommodation and wraparound tenancy support for women.
The Arts & Culture Fund saw 31 grants
for projects totalling $128,400, the Social
& Recreation Fund 28 grants totalling
$202,426 and the Natural Environment
Fund seven grants totalling $38,000.

Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Gwen Palmer-Steeds at Wellington High School, which has held events
to highlight the need to reduce waste in New Zealand. PHOTO: Jamie Adams

whole batch of floating plastic
that occupies a space the size
of Texas.”
Globally, while some environmental issues were being
addressed the outcomes were
slow, he added.
“Driftnet fishing is no longer
happening in the Pacific but it
is in the Indian Ocean. The hole
in the ozone layer is closing but
it will take about 70 years for it
to completely close.”
Sir Geoffrey said the sea-level
rises will see coastal cities and
possibly whole nations being
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climate-change migration will
be enormously worse.”
Sir Geoffrey’s speech wasn’t
all doom and gloom, however. He says two ways in
which meaningful action can
be achieved would be for New
Zealand to have a written constitution “so politicians know
what the rules are” and for
civics to be taught much more
at school so young people realise they can make a difference.
“Young people really have to
get involved because no-one
else is going to do it.”
Gwen says action has been

taken at WHS, with Roots and
Shoots recently introducing a
recycling bin system.
“I think it’s so important
for students to get involved.
There’s a lot of pressure on this
generation to do something,”
she says.
Other speakers during the
week included Associate Environment Minister Eugenie
Sage and representatives from
Wellington Zoo and Zealandia
bird sanctuary, with students
learning to compost and how
to make natural body care
products, reusable Boomerang
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From September 24 Metlink will increase
the number of carriages from eight to nine
on the 6.20am service from Masterton
to Wellington between Tuesday and
Friday, and on the 4.25pm service from
Wellington to Masterton from Monday
to Thursday.
The purpose of the trial is to confirm
operational details such as ensuring door
isolation works smoothly in practice for
both staff and passengers. Once Metlink
has the data it needs from the trial any
outstanding issues will be addressed.

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AA wants action on
drugged driving
The AA is calling on the Government to
urgently progress its own actions to get
drugged drivers off our roads.
The drivers’ advocacy group was heartened by the comments of Transport Minister Phil Twyford that the Government
has work underway to produce measures
to reduce drugged driving.
“The AA could not agree more with the
Minister’s comments that drug impairment on our roads is a serious threat to
life and limb for New Zealanders,” says
AA Motoring Affairs General Manager
Mike Noon.
AA surveys over the last three years
show 95 percent support for introducing
a saliva-based test detection.

Mentoring supports
for food merchants
Four fledgling food businesses have the
chance to fly after being named winners
of the 2018 Good Food Boost programme
last week.
The Sustainable Business Network
initiative, run in partnership with Wellington City Council, offers the four
winning applicants - Creative Cooking,
Wellington Honey, Esther’s and Half
Baked - mentoring and business development support from some of the country’s
most successful food business experts.
Mayor Justin Lester says investing in
the local food market is beneficial to the
economy as it keeps money circulating
around the region and, an exciting and
innovative food scene is attractive to both
locals and visitors.

EVs score highly for
satisfaction
Electric vehicle owners really love their
cars – and they’ve been keen to spread
the word during International Drive
Electric Week (September 8-16).
Latest results from Flip the Fleet, a
citizen science collaboration of EV owners from across New Zealand, show 77
percent of electric vehicle (EV) owners are
extremely satisfied with their low emission cars, scoring them 9 or 10 out of 10.
The survey found owners find their EVs
fit-for-purpose, a pleasure to drive, and to
have very low running and maintenance
costs. Their environmental benefits are
particularly satisfying for many owners.

Rainforest trip eye-opener
for Catholic School students
By Jamie Adams

Students from two Wellington
Catholic secondary schools
were reminded of the global
impact of humans during the
adventure of a lifetime earlier
this year.
Five St Catherine’s and three
St Patrick’s students, along with
two teachers and one adult,
spent two weeks in Indonesia
for a research programme run
by an organisation called Operation Wallacea.
It gets groups of university and
college students from all around
the world collecting data for
other organisations to go with
their education in ecology and
conservation.
“Operation Wallacea raises
awareness for these people who
are really in poor rural areas,”
student Steph Edlin says.
“Its whole philosophy is that
income gives an incentive for
environmental protection. And
we learnt lots about that, really.”
The school party contributed
to that income through homestay and guided tours. All
up the trip cost about $6000
per person, with some of the
students doing weekend jobs to

help pay for it.
The students’ first week was at
a rainforest camp on the island
of Buton in Southeast Sulawesi,
part of the Wallacea region
of Indonesia. The region and
operation is named after 19th
naturalist Alfred Wallace.
“We were collecting data
about the birds, butterflies,
plants, monkeys and tree bears,
which are actually marsupials,”
teacher Martin Kaulback says.
Conditions were gruelling every meal was not much more
than chilli rice and the students
were required to build shelters
and extract water out of vines.
“They had to make a fire when
it was raining and used vines to
tie sticks together,” Martin says.
Along with the lack of protein
and high humidity, the crew had
to contend with leeches, fire
ants and even a snake that was
quickly dealt to by the resident
herpetologist.
“I don’t think many of us came
to a realisation of how much we
would have to endure physically
and mentally,” Steph says.
The second week was spent
on nearby Hoga Island, diving
and snorkeling in the Wakatobi
Marine Reserve. During their

marine study there was a stark
reminder of the impact of humans when they visited a coral
reef near populated island.
“It had really succumbed to
the ravages of pollution and
that was very obvious. It was all
brown and there weren’t many
fish there,” Steph says.
There was “a lot” of plastic in
the water as well.
“When we were staying on
the island up on the beach there
was a mountain of plastics at the
high tide mark.”
“Even when we were far from
land I remember us hang our

legs off the bow of the boat and
there was plastic in the water,”
Martin says.
“But you can’t blame it on
the locals,” teacher Rebecca
Rapira-Davies says. “It’s everyone’s responsibility and we’re
probably just as bad as other
places in the world with the
currents taking it to places like
Indonesia.”
While Steph is not planning
a career in science she says
the trip has encouraged several
of her friends to go down that
career path, especially in the
field of conservation.

Wellingtonians happy with quality of urban life - survey
Amid the hustle and bustle
of city life, Wellingtonians
are generally happy with
their lot, and also have a high
level of concern for their fellow
citizens, according to a survey
released today.
The biennial Quality of Life
survey, conducted by Nielsen
and jointly funded by the participating councils, surveyed
how people in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, the Wellington
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Of the 564 from Wellington
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six thought their quality of life
was excellent – higher than average across the cities involved.
Overall, 89 percent of Wellington residents felt their
quality of life was excellent,
very good or good, up from 87
percent in the 2016 survey.
Ninety-four percent agreed
or strongly agreed Wellington
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St Catherine’s Year 12 student Steph Edlin with teachers Rebecca
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to Indonesia. PHOTO: Jamie Adams

agreed they felt a sense of pride
in their area.
Of all the centres surveyed,
more Wellingtonians thought
people sleeping in cars or on
the street was a big problem,
and that begging in the street
was a bit of a problem.
However Wellingtonians
generally feel safe, with 76
percent saying they felt very
safe (just 2 percent felt unsafe)
in their own homes after dark
and 81 percent felt very safe in
the city during the day. Even

73 percent felt safe in the city
centre after dark.
Wellington was also the city
with the most positive views
on diversity, with 77 percent
believing it made it better or a
much better place to live.
Its people topped the list
for thinking there was a rich
and diverse arts scene and it
also had the best numbers for
fulltime and part-time employment, with 59 percent thinking
they had enough money for
their needs.

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A well-known local “agitator” has joined an increasing
chorus of residents demanding
Wellington’s liquor ban area be
extended to Kilbirnie.
Bernard O’Shaughnessy is
campaigning for a ban on public
possession and consumption
of alcohol outside licensed
premises in the suburb on the
basis of what he and others
say is a high level of crime and
disorder there.
It comes as the public are
encouraged to have their say
about a review of the current
Liquor Control bylaw which
currently includes a liquor ban
area encompassing the CBD,
Aro Valley and Newtown.
“It would be appropriate to ex-

tend the liquor ban area linking
with Newtown on the northern
end of Kibirnie down to the
Aquatic Centre/Library, including the Council Social Housing
complexes of Duncan Terrace
and Kotutuhu Flats, and Evans
Bay School, the ASB Sports
Centre, then to Coutts Street,”
Bernard’s submission says.
The big issues facing Kilbirnie
were that of homeless beggars,
and those with mental health
issues, which Bernard says has
got worse.
His proposal has the support
of both business and the community.
Gary Holmes, of the Kilbirnie
Business Network, which speaks
on behalf of local businesses,
says while he is not aware of any
calls to restrict the availability

of alcohol sold in Kilbirnie, a
liquor ban is something they
are supportive of having.
“There is no reason why people should be drinking in public
open spaces, particularly town
centres, as it is just a recipe for
trouble.
“While a liquor ban may not
solve all the problems, we believe it would give police the
mandate to take action against
some of the anti-social behaviour we face.”
Two regular letter writers have
pushed for a ban and the public
was also asked the question (the
views of which can all be read
on page 8).
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examination of the Kilbirnie

issues and extensive discussions
with police.
“We are committed to monitoring the situation there, but it’s
clear alcohol is only one factor
and it seems very unlikely the
number of complaints would
meet the threshold required.”
Brian does not believe simply
extending the liquor ban area
would solve some of the issues Kilbirnie faced, including
homelessness, which he says are
not alcohol-related.
“Council is also looking at
what other measures can be taken to address problems without
resorting to a blanket bylaw ban.
Of course ultimately councillors
will vote on the bylaw proposal
following the consultation period, and the outcome of that vote
is not predetermined.”

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Carpetech helps its customers look after
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best out of it.
The business, based in the city centre, has
been maintaining, repairing and cleaning
carpets across the capital for almost 30
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Owner Boyce Jenner said his job was to
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Local climate action group, 350
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climate leadership in the run-up to
the Global Climate Action Summit
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350 Wellington led a superhero
march from Te Papa to Civic
Square. They were joined by
members of the public, fellow
climate groups, and Minister for
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participate in an international day
of climate action, Rise for Climate.
This worldwide day of action sees
thousands of people participating
in actions across 95 countries.
The event was centred around the
group’s local campaign calling on
Wellington Mayor, Justin Lester to
cut ties with fossil fuel companies
by banning the Petroleum Conference from council-owned venues.
The group dressed up as climate
superheroes to signify the role of
people power and community-led
solutions alongside two crossed
banners which read ‘Fossil Free
Wellington’.
“Today was a chance for Wellingtonians to positively show their
support for a fossil-free future,”
says 350 Wellington spokesperson,
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Climate action group 350 Wellington show their message at Civic Square. PHOTO: David Tong

“Just like the nuclear-free
movement, our mayor has a
duty to stand up for what’s right
on behalf of our city. It’s unacceptable for the council to allow
such a harmful industry to use

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we’re calling on them to do the
right thing and make the fossil
fuel industry unwelcome.
“Our city is at risk from climate
related flooding, sea-level rise,

and extreme weather events,
and we must hold the industry
responsible to account rather than
welcome them in.”
350 Wellington was joined by
representatives from the Pacific

Hundreds of rare and threatened
plants were returned to their
former habitat on Wellington’s
South Coast with the support of the
Endangered Species Foundation
(ESF) on Tuesday.
The planting was the first practical outcome of a new partnership
between ESF and Wellington City
Council that was made possible by
an anonymous donation from a
Wellington resident in 2015.
The donor bequeathed $1 million
in 2015 to the ESF to help protect
and support wildlife preservation,
and Environment Partnership
Leader Tim Park says that legacy
will live on in the capital.
“Our iconic South Coast is habitat
for many special native species. It
is fantastic that the anonymous gift
to the Endangered Species Foundation is helping us keep some of
them safe from extinction.”
The ESF supports high-priority

conservation projects that protect
New Zealand’s most vulnerable
indigenous species and habitats
from extinction – aiming to save
the rarest of the rare according to
ERA Ecology Director and Principal Ecologist, Mike Thorsen.
“This is a small step in the right
direction to making the future
a bit more certain for our most
vulnerable indigenous species.”
Some of the plants have been
identified by ESF as priority
species, and also include the local
Cook Strait Kowhai. The kowhai
was named after pre-eminent New
Zealand botanist Brian Molloy,
as both the plant and the botanist
are well known to be “as tough as
old boots”.
Plants have been grown from locally sourced remnant populations
by Council staff at its native plant
nurseries at Otari Wilton’s Bush
and Berhampore.

readers have their say... Find out the WORD on the Street.
Question: Should the city liquor ban extend to Kilbirnie?

Tom Hutchison,
Brooklyn
No. I think they should
put more effort into
preventing people from
turning to liquor in the
first place.

Moses Emberson,
Hataitai
There should be.
Sometimes it’s unsafe
at nights and we have
a lot of drunk people
walking around. I have
seen it a couple of times;
especially at the bus
stop.

Katelin Bull,
Kilbirnie
Yeah. I think in terms of
reducing crime a liquor
ban would help with
that, if there’s statistics
to back it up, but if not
it’s unfair on a particular
demographic.

Jonathan Denne,
Kilbirnie
Probably. There’s a lot of
homeless here and I saw
a rubbish bin set on fire
here once. It would be
nice to close [Bay Road]
to traffic too.

Paul Campbell,
Kilbirnie
They should do. It would
make it safer. Drunks are
a pain in the butt and
you can’t do much when
there isn’t a ban.

Julia Cooper,
Houghton Bay
Yeah. Maybe if they
legalised marijuana
there would be less
crime and definitely less
drinking,

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Time to ban public boozing in Kilbirnie
Dear Editor,
I do not want to diminish the bus
difficulties affecting Kilbirnie, but
they only have till the end of the
month to lodge their say on introducing a liquor ban for Kilbirnie
through the Alcohol Control Bylaw
and Liquor Control Area submission - otherwise they will miss out!
Wellington City Council is under

Liquor ban area must be extended
Dear Editor
There is a Alcohol Control Bylaw consultation document on the Council website
that few people know about and I would
urgently suggest to readers that they read
that and make a submission to Council to
extend our liquor ban areas.
We desperately need a total liquor ban in
Kilbirnie as being a old woman I am totally
afraid and worried every day when I just
want to shop and see friends in the shopping
centre in Bay road but are confronted with
awful aggressive sods who are drinking and

swearing and threatening to all.
They are made out they are homeless but
most have Council flats or are couch-sliding
through the desperate pathetic paths of their
chosen lives.
A liquor ban is a tool to use successfully
as in Newtown and Aro Valley, so I do hope
the Council sees sense and brings in a ban.
Mind you if we had community cops and
police on the beat this sort of nonsense on
Bay Road shouldn’t happen.
Rose Wu
Kilbirnie

Movies should be made in workforce,
not school
Dear Editor;
Re the movie made by pupils of Wellington High School (CSN Aug. 30), it is
always good to learn about life’s difficulties,
problems, and how disabled people can
cope with theirs; but this item relates to what
I’ve lately said about the wreck of education.
WHS is the most notorious secondary
school in Wellington for political correctness and bizarre notions; and its teens seem
to spend an unusual amount of time away
from classroom studies so as to engage in
what used to be thought extracurricular
activities.
This sort of films ought to be made by
our movie industry; and although a number
of youngsters enter it after leaving school,
the workforce is where they need to learn

moviemaking.
The theme of “ability not disability” seems
to show that it’s now commonly thought that
“disabled” means the same as “helpless”.
No, a disabled person somehow lacks, or
else doesn’t fully have, at least one ability
that the great majority of people have; so a
girl who is partly deaf is disabled, but far
from helpless.
Good on her for being able to overcome
her disability enough to lead a normal useful
life; but the best people to make a film about
it would be the fulltime makers of movies.
It should not be done as a distraction from
school studies.
[abridged]
H Westfold,
Miramar

great pressure from the booze
industry to relinquish our wellestablished liquor ban areas and
through false misrepresentation
from its own WCC staff in clever
transferring the problem of public
drinking back onto Kilbirnie as a
community issue for them to sort
out - when in reality it’s the WCC’s
responsibility to enforce the local

bylaws and the Gover nment to
provide wet houses.
Don’t let them blame the victim
suburb! Send Kilbirnie’s public
drinking problem to Roseneath by
voicing your say – forms available
at local libraries.
Martin Beck,
Mornington

Selected interpretation of signs
Dear Editor,
During the period of bus hub harassment in Kilbirnie there has been a round
red road sign with a notice posted in the
centre telling all buses they must turn left.
I think I and most of the bus drivers

know what it is supposed to mean.
Does it also mean that if there is a
number in that sign it indicates that we
must drive at that speed?
Paul Franken
Strathmore Park

Growing airline services
transform Wellington visitor
profiles
Latest passenger figures for Wellington Airport show a 6.2 percent
increase in passenger movements for
August compared with the same month
of the previous year and an increase of
4.3 percent in the past six months.
Around 455,000 domestic and 75,000
international travellers passed through
the airport during the month.
Visitor numbers have been buoyed
by new air services to popular tourist
destinations with both Jetstar and Air
New Zealand having almost doubled
capacity to Queenstown over the past
12 months.
The Singapore Airlines service which
launched in 2016 has seen 38 percent
more visitors from Asia, including 170
percent.
“Wellington and central New Zealand
as a destination for international tourists is

gaining
p o p u l a rity,” Wellington Airport’s airline
development manager Mike Vincent
says.
With Lonely Planet having just named
Wellington as New Zealand’s top
destination, Maike says it’s great to see
Wellington increasingly included in
touring itineraries.
Wellington Airport also has a number
of additional projects nearing completion, including a new transport hub and
multi-level car park and Rydges hotel
both due to open later this year.

Thursday September 13, 2018

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Genealogy club celebrates
women’s suffrage milestone
September 19 will mark 125 years since
Governor Glasgow signed the Electoral
Bill, and New Zealand women became the
first in the world to win the right to vote.
The NZ Society of Genealogists’
(NZSG) Kilbirnie Branch celebrated
this important national milestone at their
monthly meeting last Thursday.
Much information on this event is
available, and the original 30,000-signature petition is available to view at
the interactive He Tohu exhibition in the
National Library.
The NZSG Kilbirnie members brought
this to life at Thursday’s monthly meeting at the ASB Sports Centre, with 13

members giving a display of photographs
of their ancestors who either signed the
petition, or voted in the 1893 election,
or both.
Each contributor spoke briefly on the life
of the women involved, giving something
of their family background and life in the
1890s.
The branch’s immediate past convenor
Mary Shadbolt, now chairperson of the
NZSG, hadmany ancestors who signed
the petition. She gave a brief commentary
on the lives of three who were Wellington-based.
Other members spoke of their research
turning up information on the lives of

Business representatives have
concerns about living wage
The Wellington Chamber of Commerce
has reservations about a new living wage
for all Wellington City Council workers,
including those who are employed indirectly.
The council’s announcement last week
that it is now a living wage accredited
organisation requires core external contractors providing services to the Council
to pay their staff the living wage while
working for the Council.
This is in addition to the Council’s
decision in 2015 to pay the living wage
to only existing selected core external
cleaning and security services.
At that time, the Council and the Chamber agreed the Council would consult the
Chamber if the living wage were to be extended to other external core contractors.
If there was disagreement about such an
extension, the parties would jointly seek a
declaratory judgment to clarify the legality
of such extensions.
“The Chamber has strong reservations
about the additional costs, estimated
conservatively to be in the hundreds of
thousands of dollars, with ratepayers
footing the bill,” Chief Executive John

Milford says
He says the Council’s change in direction
is not unexpected, given the political
context.
“There is legislation going through
Parliament that would allow the Council
to extend the living wage to core external
contractors, even where that would be
contrary to the Council’s legal obligation
under the Local Government Act to deliver
services in a way that is most cost-effective
for households and businesses.
“It would give the Council broader
spending powers without the current
restraint of the ‘cost-effective’ test.
The Chamber recently met Council
officials to discuss the issue.
Councillor Fleur Fitzsimons, who leads
the living wage portfolio, says the chamber
is out of step with what Wellingtonians –
including ratepayers - want.
She says ratepayers had repeatedly told
the council they supported the living wage,
most recently during this year’s long-term
plan submission process.
Fleur says the chamber’s questioning of
the legality of the living wage was flawed
and inhumane.

Youth to host TEDx seminar
in capital

The organising team of this Saturday’s TEDXYouth@TeAro event at City Gallery.
PHOTO: Supplied

TEDxYouth@TeAro is a TEDx event
organised by local teenagers and will run
in Wellington this Saturday, September 15.
From 5pm until 8:30 pm at City Gallery
in Civic Square, youth across Wellington
will be asking: “What’s next?”
The event features six inspiring young
speakers: Creative practitioner Hama
Tau’alupe, (Finding your culture in the
modern world); Te Reo ambassador Wa-

tene Campbell (How to hold your rangatiratanga); UN Youth and St. John volunteer
Hannah Ward (The ethics of volunteering);
wellness blogger Charlotte Barber, (Your
outcome-independent purpose); student
Ryan Maass, (Raising an optimistic child
in a pessimistic world); and writer Natasha
Scott (Writing my way out of boundaries).
There will also be live music by Daisy
van Wel.

women during the mid-late 1800s.
One person born as early as 1835
would have been 58 when she signed
the petition and subsequently voted.
Many others were only just 21, the
then legal age to vote.
There were numerous tales of hardship, common to immigrant families,
with some women unable to bear
children while others had up to 15
children. But the common thread was
a desire to have their chance to vote
and begin to influence our country’s
politics.
What these women would have
thought of having a woman as Prime
Minister, let alone one having a baby
while in office, would be anyone’s
guess.

Kilbirnie’s past convenor Mary Shadbolt.
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maintenance
• able to work both independently and
as part of a team
• committed to safe work practices, and
have a clean, full drivers licence
To be successful in this role you will
need to undergo a police check
as required under the Vulnerable
Children’s Act. A job description is
available admin@newtown.school.nz
Applicants for this position should have
NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.
Applications close 24 September 2018.

44236

CARETAKER
Rongotai College is seeking a self-motivated,
energetic and hard-working person to fill the
role of fulltime caretaker.
This position has the prime responsibility of
maintaining the school buildings, liaising with
school contractors and ensuring health and
safety compliance. It is also to ensure that the
overall security and safety of the college is
kept at an optimal standard at all times. It will
include some after hours callouts.
Our ideal candidate would preferably have
15+ years in maintenance works or related
trade, have an eye for detail and be able to
turn their hand at odd jobs as well as general
repairs with spot cleaning when required.
They will also possess a can do attitude and be
always willing to go the extra mile.
This position involves:
• Contributing to the effective day-to-day
operation of the college;
• Responsibility for ensuring a safe and
functioning physical environment, including
compliance with current OSH and Health
and Safety legislation;
• General maintenance around the college;
• Being responsible for the security of the
college;
• A caretakers house with subsidised rental is
available if required;
A job description is available on the college
website (www.rongotai.school.nz) or from
the Finance and Administration Manager.
Phone (04) 939 3050 or email: finance.
manager@rongotai.school.nz. Application
is by CV to the Finance and Administration
Manager, PO Box 14-063, Wellington.
Applications close 5 October 2018.

Talented athletics
club prepares for
new season
Rongotai College’s senior B co-captains Kane Upton and Charlie Symon with the Club
55 Cup, and senior A co-captains Adam Rybinski and Ezrah Vaigafa with the Grahame
Pohlen Cup. PHOTO: Jamie Adams
By Jamie Adams

Rongotai College can boast having the best
male college basketballers in Wellington
after taking out two senior championships
last month.
The boys’ high school’s Senior A side won
the Grahame Pohlen Cup after beating St
Pats Town 85-69 in the Secondary School
Premier division final at the ASB Centre on
August 31.
But that’s not all – Rongotai’s Senior Bs also
became regional champions after beating
Paraparaumu College 85-82 for the Senior
2 division title.
Not only was it Rongotai’s first win of the
Pohlen Cup since 1998 it was its first ever win
of the Club 55 Cup for the Senior 2 division.
The Senior A team went on to narrowly
lose the Zone 3 (lower North Island) final
against Napier Boys’ High last Saturday, but
they nevertheless qualified for the nationals
for the second consecutive time by virtue of
their qualification and an eighth-place finish
last year, their best result in 20 years.
Senior A coach Chris Tupu was thrilled
with the results, as it was “really hard” just

to make it into the top eight teams in the top
division.
“It’s something about the depth we’ve got.
We now have a lot of boys coming to Rongotai wanting to play basketball,” Chris says.
Senior B coach Rob Clarke says it was
fantastic to have both teams playing in the
finals on the same night.
Senior A co-captain Ezrah Vaigafa says
his team’s glory reflects the passion and
determination of the players.
“We’ve been playing for a long time
together and that’s built up a lot of chemistry.
Everybody here is playing for their team, not
themselves.”
Senior B co-captain Charlie Symon says his
team’s success came despite being promoted
two divisions from the previous year.
“It was really tough. Most games we won
were decided by less than 10 points.”
 Rongotai College now needs a sponsor
to pay for the $600 per person cost for its A
team to attend the nationals in Palmerston
North on October 1-6. Those interested
in funding the team can contact Chris
on 0275383783 or emailing Chris.Tupu@
rongotai.school.nz

Junior rugby once again
proves a rippa

Ngakau Gartner of Te Akau Ki Papamoa School, representing Bay of Plenty, touches
down right on full time alongside Tayler Trow of College St Normal School, representing
Manawatu, in the final of the National Rippa Rugby tournament at Wakefield Park on
Tuesday. Despite the try, Manawatu won the final and the championship for 2018. Schools
representing each of the country’s 20 rugby provinces converged at Island Bay for the
annual tournament, which saw Year 5 and 6 children play mixed non-contact rugby with
belts and flags and in bare feet. The tournament is traditionally held in Wellington due
to the central location of the city. PHOTO: Jamie Adams

The Newtown-based Kiwi Athletic
Club looks forward to holding its 92nd
season at a ground with a revamped track
and new field areas making it now one of
the top ones in New Zealand.
The club, one of the oldest in Wellington, last season amassed 34 medals,
including 12 titles and two records at
the local Wellington Open and Masters
Championships.
Miramar residents Eddie Soria (M35)
with three and Melania Lu Fai (W16)
with two, and Graham Cook (M70) of
Houghton Bay with one, were new title
holders.
Cam Robinson (Wellington College and
Karori), is the club’s top male thrower.
The 17-year-old is also Athletics Wellington Thrower of the Year and Sports
Wellington 2018 Emerging Sportsman.
In his specialist event the javelin, Cam
won seven times during the season,
including at the Oceania Area Champs,
NZ Champs, NZ Secondary School
Champs, Wellington Champs and the

McEvedy Shield. His best throw of the
season was 69.68 metres.
Jim Blair (MNZM) in his M85 grade,
is a world-ranked masters athlete, with
success here and overseas.
He amassed a large medal hall and
records, including 19 Wellington and
three Masters records, during the season.
At the NZ Masters Champs he won two
gold and five silver medals and at the
World Indoor Champs, three golds, three
silvers and one bronze.
The club has a close association with
Wellington College and its continual
McEvedy Shield success is in part due
to having up to six members competing
in club competition and being part of the
Kiwi Club.
The club welcomes new male or female
members, including teens from other
colleges. Its opening night will be the
first Wednesday in October, at Newtown
Stadium at 5pm. For further info, ring
Peter Jack on 3886224 or head to sporti.
co.nz/kiwiathletics

Sports talk

with Jacob Page

Williams loses plot
and US Open final
Serena Williams got it all wrong in
the US Open final on Sunday (NZ
time).
She lost in straight sets to Japan’s
Naomi Osaka, but her behaviour
towards the umpire was not becoming
of her status.
Williams responded to a code
violation for coaching by telling the
chair umpire that she’d “rather lose”
than cheat.
Umpire Carlos Ramos stood his
ground.
Williams said she was not being
coached by her team in the grandstand but rather was receiving a
“thumbs up”.
Post-match her coach Patrick Mouratoglou later admitted he was coaching her.
Williams, a winner of 23 grand
slam titles was slapped with another
violation for smashing her racquet.
That cost her a point and on her way
to losing 6-2 6-4.
She insisted the umpire owed her
an apology, demanding it at several

points throughout the match.
Williams, who became a Mum 12
months ago, acted more like her baby
than a grown adult.
The pathetic attitude took away from
Osaka’s upset victory and first grand
slam title and cast a shadow over what
had been an excellent title.
However, Williams overstepped her
bounds with her temper tantrum and
should be severely sanctioned by the
world tennis officials.
She lied constantly on court, saying
she’d rather lose than cheat.
Turns out she did both.
Credit must go to Osaka, a 20-yearold who grew up idolising Williams
and said after her semi-final win that
her motivation for making the decider
was the opportunity to play Serena.
Eventually someone will become
the new measuring stick in women’s
tennis.
Someone will tame the current top
lioness and send her into retirement.
Perhaps Osaka is the new favourite
to push her for that mantle.

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